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Virtual or In-Person, Good Classroom Management Starts With Instruction

November 22, 2020
by Rann Miller
7 min read
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Here’s a dirty little secret about teachers that few people care to admit: Many teachers with poor classroom management aren’t strong instructionally. I would never assume that a teacher without control of their classroom...

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Yaw Really Homeschooling Or Nah?

April 11, 2020
by Brian Peterson
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Before we get into today’s piece, let’s get a few things clear from the top: My wife and I have five… yes, one, two, three, four, five… kids at home with us right now. They range from 9 to 17, but frankly that...

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I Have Students Who Would Prove To Be Better Secretaries of Education Than DeVos.

March 25, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
5 min read
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Betsy DeVos’s blistering interview a couple weeks ago on 60 Minutes was a disgrace. I have students, plenty of them, who could demonstrate more awareness about schools, charters, teaching and learning than the U.S. Secretary of...

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This Professor’s Rant Against Social Justice Education Just Shows Why It’s So Needed

December 2, 2017
by David November
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Recently, political science professor J. Martin Rochester penned a critical response to a front-page story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch entitled “St. Louis Teachers Turn Their Classrooms Into Hubs of Social...

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Why I Chose to Teach

October 29, 2016
by Sharif El-Mekki
5 min read
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My fervent desire to serve my community is what led me to a career as a teacher. But, it was anything but a straight path. I have previously alluded to one of the main reasons I ended up choosing teaching as my desired profession...

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